#78C5EB#78C5EB

#78C5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.093 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C5EB
RGB	rgb(120, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(200, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -13.69, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 29.56, 242.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0588 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.093 231)
XYZ	xyz(42.7019, 49.9204, 85.9665)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C5EB #EB9E78

analogous

#78EBD8 #78C5EB #788CEB

triadic

#78C5EB #EB78C5 #C5EB78

tetradic

#78C5EB #D878EB #EB9E78 #8CEB78

square

#78C5EB #D878EB #EB9E78 #8CEB78

split-complementary

#78C5EB #EB788C #EBD878

monochromatic

#1E92CB #43AEE3 #78C5EB #ADDCF3 #E3F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#78C5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#78C5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C5EB

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C5EB	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.093 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6f1',
    500: '#78c5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c5eb;
$custom-light: #a5d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.826,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78763,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.49924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C5EB

secondary

#F0DACF

accent

#510FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C5EB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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